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R2K - Demokratisk och rättsstatlig mognad
(2018-11)Sydafrika skiljer sig dramatiskt från Sverige i åtminstone två olika avgörande avseenden; det är en betydligt starkare rättsstat, åtminstone på domstolsnivån, och det är en levande demokrati, ungefär som Hamnarbetarförbundet ... -
Racing to the bottom? Chinese development projects and trade union involvement in Africa
(2017-04)Chinese firms operating in Africa are often accused of violating international labour standards and not adhering with national labour laws. Considering China’s tendency to maintain control over development projects throughout ... -
Rail freight costs - Some basic cost estimates for intermodal transport
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Rätten till biträde – Om biträdeskostnaders hantering vid svenska domstolar
(2017-11-06)The term “Access to Justice” (AtJ) refers to the fundamental notion that all people – even disadvantaged groups of society – should enjoy effective legal/judicial protection, ultimately through the courts. Accordingly, the ... -
Rättstillämpningens tystnad. En rättsvetenskaplig narratologisk studie om argumentation och rättsliga uttryck inom civilprocessen
(2017-05-11)The thesis aims to develop methodological concepts that contribute to the under-standing of, and critique of, legal argumentation in court proceedings. The concepts take their onset in narratological terminology and in a ... -
Re-Searching Stewardship
(2016-04-07)Since the theory of stewardship was introduced, there have been various studies testing the constructs of stewards and stewardship. Stewardship research has largely been conducted in unrelated contexts and with a variety ... -
Real Exchange Rate Adjustment In European Transition Countries
(2006)This paper presents unit-root test results for real exchange rates in ten Central and Eastern European transition countries during 1993:01-2003:12. Because of the shift from controlled to market economies and the ... -
Real Wages and Returns to Human Capital in Kenya Manufacturing firms
(2002)This paper studies how real wages and wage returns to human capital in Kenya manufacturing firms changed, using cross-section data sets from a survey conducted in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 2000. A quantile regression technique ... -
Real-Estate Agent Commission Structure and Sales Performance
(2017-02)Do higher real-estate agent fees imply better performance? This study uses a nation-wide dataset of residential real-estate transactions in the Netherlands from 1985 to 2011 to provide evidence against this. Brokers with ... -
Reciprocity Networks and the Participation Problem
(2014-08)Reciprocity can be a powerful motivation for human behaviour. Scholars argue that it is relevant in the context of private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination ... -
Reconciling Pro-Social vs. Selfish Behavior - Evidence for the Role of Self-Control
(2010-05-10)We test the proposition that individuals may experience a self-control conflict between short-term temptation to be selfish and better judgment to act pro-socially. Using a dictator game and a public goods game, we manipulated ... -
Reconstructing a slave society: Building the DWI panel, 1760-1914
(2023-07)In this article, we discuss the sources employed and the methodological choices that entailed assembling a novel, individual-level, large panel dataset containing an incredible wealth of data for a full population in ... -
Recruiting for Sustainability. Administration or development?
(2001)Sustainability is a complex concept involving disparate issues of environmental, social and economical significance. To work towards sustainability, we need both technological and social skills. Several studies on environmental ... -
Redistribution through Charity and Optimal Taxation when People are Concerned with Social Status
(2016-01)This paper deals with tax policy responses to charitable giving based on a model of optimal redistributive income taxation. The major contribution is the simultaneous treatment of (i) warm-glow and stigma effects of ... -
Redovisning av immateriella tillgångar i samband med förvärvskalkylering - principbaserade redovisningsregler och relevans
(2012-10-26)In recent decades we have moved into an economy that is both knowledge-driven and technology-based. This has resulted in intangible assets representing an increasingly larger proportion of total investments carried out by ... -
Reducing Global Warming and Adapting to Climate Change: The Potential of Organic Agriculture
(2012-04)Climate change mitigation is urgent, and adaptation to climate change is crucial, particularly in agriculture, where food security is at stake. Agriculture, currently responsible for 20-30% of global greenhouse gas emissions ... -
Reducing the gap between stated and real behavior in transportation studies: The use of an oath script
(2017-09)We investigate whether taking an oath in a survey situation affects respondent behavior in choice experiments with a focus on travel time, comfort, and cost. We conduct two studies in Beijing: one with car commuters and ... -
REFERENCE PRICING - Making Parallel Trade in Pharmaceuticals Work
(2009-06-17)Should governments allow parallel trade of pharmaceuticals? There is no clear-cut answer to this question, since parallel trade causes some public concerns. One is that prices might not decrease much in the home country ... -
Reference-dependent behaviour of paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand
(2011-08)We study dynamic labour supply using data on paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand. The divers face stable, flat prices per kilogram after each catch, but experience transitory wage changes due to varying weather and water ... -
Reference-Dependent Utility in an Industrial Cluster
(2003)This article tries to explain the exceptional levels of knowledge creation in certain industrial clusters, levels that are seemingly higher than what is implied by the usual models of atomistic agents who do not internalize ...